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Gulls and other shorebirds


Killdeer, photographed in High Point, St. Lucie County.
In flight.
Black-bellied plover (winter)
Summer breeding plumage (not in Florida)
Semipalmated Plover
American Oystercatcher

Black-necked Stilt, photographed on Kirby Loop Road by Elsa Millard in July 2008		 Willet
Willet, Indian River, March 2010.

Displaying		 Whimbrel
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit, taken at Merritt Island NWR, during the January, 2010, field trip. Often seen in St. Lucie County.

Ruddy Turnstone, winter, photographed at Fort Pierce Inlet Park, in Jan. 2009 by Elsa Millard.
Turning to summer, March 2009 (H. Rufe)
Full breeding (not seen locally)
 Purple Sandpiper
Purple Sandpiper, rare sighting in Fort Pierce Inlet State Park, January 2011  (see report)

Photo taken in Virginia. 		 Sanderling, winter
Sanderling

Winter in surf (Elsa Millard)

Breeding plumage (summer, not seen locally, Hart)

Breeding, partial
Dunlin, winter

Summer breeding plumage, not local

Least Sandpipers,
photographed at D.J. Wilcox Natural Area, trail by fishing pier, in Feb. 2009 by Mary Dodge
Click for close-up (Elsa Millard)		      

Wilson's Snipe, photographed in Savannas County Park, St. Lucie County, in February 2009.
Wading flock
Bonaparte's Gull, taken at Merritt Island NWR, January, 2008  .		  
Laughing Gull, winter plumage.

Full summer breeding plumage (taken in DeSoto, FL) 		 
Ring-billed Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Herring Gull

Another view		 Mixed gulls
Both a Great and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, as well as a Caspian Tern (front), two Herring Gulls and a number of Ring-billed Gulls  can be seen in as part of this flock taken at Merritt Island NWR, January, 2008
Caspian Tern, photographed on Indian River Drive  		Royal Tern
Royal Tern, photographed at the DeSoto, FL

Sandwich Tern, winter plumage.

Full plumage.

Immature


Forster's Tern, winter plumage

Full breeding plumage (not in Florida)		 Least Tern
Least Tern  These rare and endangered birds have been seen nesting on Martin County beaches and may be moving northward to St. Lucie.
On nest
Another view		  Black Skimmer
Black Skimmer, photographed in Fort Pierce Inlet (north).

In flight, by Richard Lynch at Fort Pierce Inlet, January 2010.